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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southern Japan
Japan Meteorological Agency ^ | April 15, 2016

Posted on 04/15/2016 9:38:52 AM PDT by rdl6989

The quake was only 10km deep.

(Excerpt) Read more at jma.go.jp ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Japan
KEYWORDS: breaking; earthquake; frontpagenews; japan; kumamoto
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To: COBOL2Java

I thought the same thing for a minute, see this.

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=bb4f6852cc19d7b1&hl=en&gl=US&source=web


21 posted on 04/15/2016 9:52:52 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: A CA Guy

Call paramedics they will help themselves.


22 posted on 04/15/2016 9:53:02 AM PDT by jennychase ( Vote Trump Or get Ready for President Hillary)
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To: All

Two powerful earthquakes have struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least nine people.

The quakes - a magnitude 7.1 (4.4 miles) at a depth of 7km and a 7.4 at a depth of 40km (25 miles) - came in quick succession, officials said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36059487


23 posted on 04/15/2016 9:56:20 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

Reuters confirming. Also reporting another quake magnitude 7.4 with a depth 40 km close to the 7.1 quake.


24 posted on 04/15/2016 9:57:15 AM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: RayChuang88

Prayers for the people of Kumamoto...


25 posted on 04/15/2016 9:57:58 AM PDT by GOPJ (America's fragile students aren't 'snowflakes' they're 'dung-flakes' - with emphasis on dung....)
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To: rdl6989

Pager (USGS’s damage estimation alert system) puts nearly a million people in the severe shaking range. And it wasn’t very deep either (just 10km)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005iis#pager


26 posted on 04/15/2016 10:00:02 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: kingu

I’m afraid this is going to be bad.


27 posted on 04/15/2016 10:02:11 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

I think so as well; USGS is usually quite on top of multiple quakes happening within quick succession, and more so, they are rarely conservative in their magnitude until well after the fact.

I wonder why only one event is listed, and of a lesser magnitude with their PAGER system showing severe damage?


28 posted on 04/15/2016 10:03:49 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: jennychase

They will be floating around high on their own drugs singing Bob Marley songs.


29 posted on 04/15/2016 10:04:45 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: rdl6989

Bookmark


30 posted on 04/15/2016 10:05:57 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: rdl6989

A prayers-up BTT. That does not sound good.


31 posted on 04/15/2016 10:06:02 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: GOPJ

Absolutely, and truely expect this to reverberate around the ring of fire.
Based on my earthquake in Hawaii two weeks ago I think my CA has a good chance of an earthquake. Plus we have that strange weather going I’ve seen before some other earthquakes.


32 posted on 04/15/2016 10:07:14 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

Makes me nervous about the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Sucker hasn’t had a major movement in a couple centuries. We’re about due.


33 posted on 04/15/2016 10:11:49 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
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To: kingu

Here’s a Twitter report from someone there. Lot’s of aftershocks being reported.

https://twitter.com/hepomodeler


34 posted on 04/15/2016 10:12:25 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989
That 7.1 magnitude quake only 6.2 miles below the surface will cause substantial damage to the city of Kumamoto itself. That close to the surface and even with Japan's strict seismic safety codes, the casualty toll is going to be quite high. :-(
35 posted on 04/15/2016 10:13:01 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: rdl6989

“I’ve got some oceanfront property in ArizOna....”


36 posted on 04/15/2016 10:14:00 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Pride in the USA
Big ones all week rocking and rolling around the world.

Global warming.

37 posted on 04/15/2016 10:16:24 AM PDT by cowboyway ("Give me a beer or two and I'll be fine, at least that's worked every other time....")
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To: hoagy62

I think there is a lot of merit in your post.


38 posted on 04/15/2016 10:19:50 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: cowboyway

No, Fracking.


39 posted on 04/15/2016 10:20:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: married21
How close was this to Tokyo?

Nowhere near it. The tsunami warnings are right next to Nagasaki, on the west side of Kyushu island.

40 posted on 04/15/2016 10:22:11 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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